Mental Health Research

In a photograph from their childhood, Nikolas and Zachary Cruz sit arm in arm, grinning like the best of buddies. But their relationship was much more tormented.

The fracture between Nikolas Cruz and his younger brother haunted the school killer, according to records and family friends. By all accounts, it was an important element of his twisted psyche. Nikolas Cruz was unable to cope with the brotherly strife that an average boy might have shrugged off.

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